New trail segment in Yachats done through volunteer efforts

Gerald Stanley lays bark chips over a newly constructed section of trail near the Gerdemann Botanical Preserve in Yachats earlier this month. (Photo by Rockne Roll)

YACHATS – Crews are finishing up work on a new segment of trail in Yachats that will connect the Gerdemann Botanical Preserve to Fisterra Gardens Apartments, with much of the new section running along Siuslaw National Forest property. The new segment comprises 740 yards of new trail winding through the woods behind Fisterra and connecting to the Starr Creek Trail just north of the botanical preserve.